U.S. Soccer didn’t spare any expense announcing the women’s national team for the 2023 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday and the internet loved it. The stellar squad was announced via a nearly eight-minute long video in which celebrities, artists and athletes were given the honor of each announcing one of the 23 names on the coveted roster.
The list of celebrities started with President Joe Biden and his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, and then it was off to the races.
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Jo Adell showed Tuesday why the Angels made him the No. 10 pick in 2017 MLB draft. He also made history.
Adell, a former consensus top-10 prospect in baseball, leads all minor leaguers with 20 home runs this season. And in the Salt Lake Bees’ game against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys on Tuesday night, Adell hit a truly colossal blast.
His game-tying three-run homer in the eighth traveling an astonishing 514 feet. That’s the longest home run ever tracked by MLB’s Statcast system, which has been in use in the majors since 2015 and at certain minor league levels since last year.
The Dolphins issued a brief statement Wednesday addressing assault allegations about star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who allegedly hit a Miami Beach marina employee last weekend.
“We are aware of the situation and have been in contact with Tyreek, his representatives and the NFL,” the statement read, per NFL.com. “We will reserve further comment at this time.”
Hill is being investigated by Miami-Dade police after he allegedly hit a man who worked at the Haulover Marina following a disagreement, according to Miami’s WPLG Local 10.
Jon,
Though I will be attempting to send this letter directly to Beemok Capital and its owner Ben Navarro, I’m hoping you might want to share some portion of this in the next mailbag. I understand sports are about money, but as a Cincinnatian (now living in Chicago), this hurts. Thanks for listening/reading:
Dear Mr. Navarro,
Please don’t move the Western and Southern Open out of Cincinnati. It belongs in Cincinnati. It’s been there more than 100 years. Thousands of people involved with this tournament would agree with me. I am 46, I grew up in Cincinnati. I was a tennis player.
1. Victor Wembanyama will get drafted by the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night with the first pick.
With the draft in New York City, the 7’3″ phenom took in Tuesday’s Yankees game and threw out the first pitch.
You may have seen Wembanyama get a lot of play on social media after he posted this photo on Instagram showing what a baseball looked like in his ridiculously large hands.
Victor Wembanyama/Instagram
Wembanyama, however, did not post any video of his first pitch.
On one of the shortest courses on tour, we’re backing Andrew Putnam to deliver.
Haggans retired with 46.5 sacks, most of which came as a starter with the Steelers’ vaunted defense.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the second annual installment of “The Replacements,” an SI fantasy football research series focused on vacated volume and projecting how teams will replace production year-to-year. This offseason, we’re looking at the six teams with the highest percentage of available targets and the six teams with the highest percentage of available carries heading into 2023.
The Replacements: Houston Texans | Carolina Panthers | Green Bay Packers
Three years after the Packers spent a first-round pick on Jordan Love, it’s time for him to take over under center.
Last mailbag before we shut it down for a few weeks …
From David Kromelow (@dkrom59): You mentioned how much the NFL LOVES Caleb Williams … and rightfully so. What is the early opinion around the league about Drake Maye?
David, I’d say Drake Maye would be the first pick in a bunch of draft classes and is seen as very worthy of going in that spot. So as of right now, if you were a team in dire need of a franchise quarterback and were at the bottom of the standings five months from now, you’d probably be a little disappointed winding up with the second pick instead of the first pick.
The United States Women’s National Soccer team revealed its roster ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which is set to begin next month in New Zealand and Australia.
Veteran Kelley O’Hara was one of three players revealed as part of the World Cup roster early on Wednesday, joining first-time women’s national team members Lynn Williams and Kristie Mewis.
Here’s the link to the full roster, which was revealed at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
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